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Enhanced thermal stability and large piezoelectric properties of Sm-doped Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 multifunctional ceramics

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The crystal structure, electric properties, thermal stability and optical properties of Sm-doped 0.15Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3–0.50Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.35PbTiO3 (xSm-doped PSN-PMN-PT) ternary multifunctional ceramics were investigated. It is found that the volume fraction of tetragonal phase increases with the increase in Sm3+ concentration. The ceramics with x = 0.005 and 0.01 show pure perovskite structure with coexistence of Mc and T phases. The optimized comprehensive properties are obtained in x = 0.01 ceramics: Tc, d33, kp are about 167 °C, 682 pC/N and 0.61, respectively. In the temperature range of 30–110 °C the variations in d33 and kp are only 5% and 9.8%, respectively. Meanwhile, excited by 410 nm, three distinct emission bands centered at 564 nm, 599 nm and 646 nm are detected and the highest intensity is detected in ceramics with x = 0.01. Our results indicate Sm-doped PSN-PMN-PT system is a promising multifunctional material for optical–electric devices applications.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11704249, 51772235 and the National Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province under Grant Nos. 2020JQ-803, 2019JM164 and the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education under Grant Nos. 20JK0667, 20JS058 and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 2017M621462.

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    Hongqiao Zhou, Shengyu Yang, Zengzhe Xi, Shasha Dong, Feifei Guo, Wei Long, Xiaojuan Li & Pinyang Fang

  2. Laboratory of Thin Film Techniques and Optical Test, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an, 710032, Shaanxi, China

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Zhou, H., Yang, S., Xi, Z. et al. Enhanced thermal stability and large piezoelectric properties of Sm-doped Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 multifunctional ceramics. J Mater Sci 56, 12121–12131 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06053-3

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